<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Who is rib, ha, ha! <br><br> Deb Reed, President<div>National Federation Of The Blind</div><div>Central CT Chapter</div><div>Phone - 860-973-3679</div><div>Email - <a href="mailto:deb.reed57@gmail.com">deb.reed57@gmail.com</a></div></div><div><br>On Jun 26, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Gary, and friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Did you get a chance to read my last email?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have offered to participate in the Birdies for Charity program by giving a flat donation to NFBCT of $1 for each person who sends all their legislative emails. This is something
that our members already have on our to-do lists, so it’s just a matter of doing it now to billow the migration of money from my account to the NFBCT treasury.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We each have three legislators (2 Senators and 1 Congressman or Congresswoman) to contact. There are two issues, so this means 6 simple emails for all of us. Mine tend to look
something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To: Congressman John Doe / Senator Jane Doe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cc: Edward Shaham, Jim McCollum, Justin Salisbury, Derek Manners<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subject: From (Insert Hometown): Please Cosponsor HR #### / S ####<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Address<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phone Number<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear (name of legislative assistant),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I am writing to request that Congressman John Doe cosponsor bill X Y Z, and here’s why…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It doesn’t take long to do, and anyone can do it. Let’s please show the kind of heart we showed with the guide dog health insurance bill. We can get this done!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">V/R,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin Salisbury<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Committee on Automobile and Pedestrian Safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LinkedIn: </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury">https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</a>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Twitter: @SalisburyJustin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">William Butler Yeats</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 23, 2016 4:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Justin Salisbury <<a href="mailto:PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu">PRESIDENT@alumni.ecu.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:dmanners@nfb.org">dmanners@nfb.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] My Birdies for Charity Pledge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi Gary,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I want to make this interesting. I really want to see Congressman and Congresswomen from Connecticut cosponsoring the TIME Act and Space Available. I love being able to brag
about how my personal congressman, Congressman Joe Courtney, is the only legislator from Connecticut to cosponsor both bills, but I would much rather be able to brag nationally about how Connecticut is the first state to reach 100% cosponsorship.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I’ve been slacking off on making my pledge for Birdies for Charity, so I’m going to offer this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For every person (need not be a member of NFBCT) who emails their Congressional office AND both Senate offices asking for co-sponsorship of these two bills, I will give a flat
donation of $1 through this Birdies for Charity program. In order for me to know that you did this, I’ll need you to copy me on the email that you send. Since Jim McCollum is the Legislative Coordinator and Edward Shaham is the President, I would recommend
copying both of them, as well. Also, every time I send something on either bill, I copy Derek Manners, our Government Affairs Specialist at the NFB for both bills. His email address is
<a href="mailto:dmanners@nfb.org">dmanners@nfb.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">So it would basically be 3 emails for each bill that look like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To: Congressman John Doe / Senator Jane Doe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cc: Edward Shaham, Jim McCollum, Justin “Moneybags” Salisbury, Derek Manners<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subject: Please Cosponsor HR #### / S ####<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you also live in Joe Courtney’s district, please thank him for cosponsoring.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">That’s my promise. Since we’re already so good at doing our part in Connecticut, the Federationists in Connecticut ought to have no problem making me pay out over $100. If
anyone else wants to join me in this same pledge, I will be proud to report how much I pay out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hope to read your messages soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Committee on Automobile and Pedestrian Safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=325734822"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=325734822</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Twitter: @SalisburyJustin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">William Butler Yeats<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Esther Levegnale via Ct-nfb<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 21, 2016 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Esther Levegnale <<a href="mailto:elevegnale@sbcglobal.net">elevegnale@sbcglobal.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">hi, Gary I glad to help<br>
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Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 6+<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Jun 21, 2016, at 11:15 AM, Gary Allen via Ct-nfb <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I do not need help for myself, but you can help others. <br>
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On Monday, June 20, 2016, Esther Levegnale via Ct-nfb <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey, Gary! Do you need help doing your pledge? I wasn't quite sure if you were addressing just me or the whole list! Sorry about that!<br>
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Esther<br>
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> On Jun 20, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Gary Allen via Ct-nfb <<a href="javascript:;">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> It is getting close to the GHO. I am willing to do what ever it takes to get get a contribution to the birdies for charity.<br>
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